Coming to America.

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 8:15 am

Where have i been for the whole past month? Visiting my family in India.I was gone from 1st of April through 24th of April.

It was an excellent trip. I was able to meet my gypsies [Family members i haven’t seen in ages] and several new family members. The best part was getting away from work and taking out some time to catch up on old wall street journals. I had gathered few weeks worth of Wall Street from November that i had been wanting to read. The time was finally there on my side. It has been three years since i took any vacation. I feel all refreshed after days of jetlag [and the reason that i can write a journal today] and am back in the game.

Of course, this time again, my parents’ focus wasn’t me. It was Akule’s birthday on 4th of April and my parents threw one heck of a party there. I couldn’t get the head count but the party cook said he prepared for 1400 plates and ended up underestimating some of the entrees’ volume. My parents thought there were about 2000 guests.

Some of the places we visited while we were there included Taj Mahal in Agra, Buland Darwaza [Gate with a largest arch in Asia] and the fort in Fatehpur Sikri, River Ganga at Haridwar, Hills of Mussoorie, Qutab Minar [World’s tallest Minaret], India Gate, Parliament and President’s House in Delhi.